Iron-deficiency anemia linked to memory deficits in childrenMedscape Medical News Share Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is linked to memory deficits in children, according to the results of a study reported online in Pediatrics. "IDA in infancy is
associated with cognitive deficits, which may persist later in life," write R. Colin Carter, MD, from Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues. "Socioemotional deficits are also consistently observed in infants with IDA, but it is not known whether these deficits affect cognitive function." The goal of the study was to determine effects of IDA on specific functions involved in infant cognition, as well as the effect of socioemotional deficits
related to IDA in modulating these effects.More

3 cases of West Nile virus are
confirmed in New York CityThe Associated Press via The New York Times Share Health officials have confirmed three cases of West Nile virus this season among New York City residents. The health department says a 61-year-old Bronx man was the first New Yorker to contract the virus this season; he was hospitalized. It says the man also had meningitis. Two Staten Island women, one 74 years old and the other 46, also have contracted the virus. Both were hospitalized.More

Gene variants associated with susceptibility to postsurgical chronic painMedscape Medical News Share A new study has found associations between variants of the gene CACNG2 and patients' experiences of chronic pain after breast cancer surgery. The gene was previously known to encode stargazin, a protein involved in alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors, and a possible subunit of calcium channels implicated in epilepsy. The present findings contribute information about the
physiology of neuropathic pain and its potential treatment.More

Spread of whooping cough raises concernHealthDay News via Bloomberg Businessweek Share Amidst the largest outbreak of whooping cough in decades, public health officials in California are urging residents, particularly pregnant women and those who come into contact with infants, to make sure they're immunized for the highly contagious disease. With the incidence of whooping cough also higher than last year in Michigan, South Carolina, Ohio and upstate New York, there's growing concern whooping cough will continue to
spread, said Jennifer Liang, an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.More

Report: Fido's food could be making kids sickThe Associated Press via Google News Share Fido's food may be making kids sick, a government report warns, detailing the first known salmonella outbreak in humans, mostly young children, linked to pet food. The outbreak sickened 79 people in 21 mostly eastern states, between 2006 and 2008. Almost half of the victims were children aged 2 and younger. Dry pet foods are an under-recognized source of salmonella infections in humans, and it's likely other illnesses since then
were unknowingly caused by tainted pet food, said Casey Barton Behravesh, the report's lead author and a researcher at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.More

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Pneumococcal bacteria trigger increase in hemolytic uremic syndromeInfection Control Today Share Introduction of the PCV-7 vaccine to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) has led to a shift in the types of bacteria causing hemolytic uremic syndrome
(HUS) — an important cause of acute kidney failure in children, reports a study in the August issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Very rare a decade ago, HUS related to Streptococcus pneumonia bacteria (SP-HUS) now occurs in more than 5 percent of children with IPD. When SP-HUS does develop, it is generally caused by bacterial strains not covered by the PCV-7 vaccine, according to the new study.More

1 million pounds of ground beef
recalled due to Escherichia colifoodconsumer.org Share California meat processor is recalling about 1 million pounds of frozen ground beef patties and bulk ground
beef products due to possible contamination with Escherichia coli O157:H7, The United States Department of Agriculture announced. Valley Meat Company based out of Modesto, California recalls the beef products after a California state health agency linked the ground beef patties to a small outbreak of E coli illness.More

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